Goalie Lab · 2019-20

How hard is his job, and how well does he do it?

Save percentage blames the goalie for everything in front of him. The environment score measures the job instead, from how much danger came at him and how hard the shots were. Goals saved above expected measures what he did with it.

Season2019-20

Linus Ullmark

BUF · 34 GP · 2027 min

Environment60Light

Saved above expected+0.4+0.01 per 6053rd percentile

Save %.914expected .91362nd percentile

Danger per 60: 2.65 xGA43rd
Shot quality: 6.5% per shot52nd
Shot volume: 40.6 per 6034th
High-danger share: 34%45th
Rush and rebounds: 12%9th
Penalty kill load: 21% of xGA71st

Small numbers: league percentile among qualified goalies (higher = more of it, a harder job).

Carter Hutton

BUF · 31 GP · 1775 min

Environment47Average

Saved above expected-11.2-0.38 per 609th percentile

Save %.898expected .9119th percentile

Danger per 60: 2.73 xGA59th
Shot quality: 6.5% per shot38th
Shot volume: 42.3 per 6057th
High-danger share: 35%62nd
Rush and rebounds: 14%41st
Penalty kill load: 18% of xGA33rd

Small numbers: league percentile among qualified goalies (higher = more of it, a harder job).

Jonas Johansson

BUF · 6 GP · 327 min · not enough minutes to rank

Environment—Unranked

Saved above expected-5.0-0.91 per 60

Save %.888expected .921

Danger per 60: 2.21 xGA
Shot quality: 5.9% per shot
Shot volume: 37.6 per 60
High-danger share: 35%
Rush and rebounds: 12%
Penalty kill load: 10% of xGA

Small numbers: league percentile among qualified goalies (higher = more of it, a harder job).

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Linus UllmarkBUF

Carter HuttonBUF

Games3431Minutes20271775Save %.91462nd.8989thExpected save %.913.911Saved above expected+0.453rd-11.29thPer 60+0.0153rd-0.383rdEnvironment60Light47AverageDanger per 602.65 xGA43rd2.73 xGA59thShot quality6.5% per shot52nd6.5% per shot38thShot volume40.6 per 6034th42.3 per 6057thHigh-danger share34%45th35%62ndRush and rebounds12%9th14%41stPenalty kill load21% of xGA71st18% of xGA33rd

Small numbers are league percentiles among qualified goalies. Save percentage and saved above expected: higher is better. The environment's ingredients: higher means more of it, a harder job.

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The environment score measures how clean a goalie's job was: 100 is the easiest in the league, 0 the hardest. It ranks six things against every NHL goalie with at least a quarter of the league leader's minutes: expected goals against per 60 (35%), expected goals per shot (25%), shots per 60 (15%), the share of shots from high danger (10%), the share off the rush or a rebound (10%) and the share of danger faced on the penalty kill (5%). 80 and up is sheltered, under 20 is under siege. Areas of the ice follow NHL Edge's danger bands. How expected goals work